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Each day, the Bureau of Land Management employees, volunteers and partners conserve public lands, build our nation’s energy infrastructure and support local economies, advance scientific discovery and much more.  Read our blog stories about the BLM in your community and learn how to get involved.

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Eastern States
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Wheeling, West Virginia

Welcome to the GLO Record of the week for June 7, 2020. Wheeling, the first capital of West Virginia, was founded by Ebenezer Zane in 1769.
Montana-Dakotas

Excavating the historic Fort Benton kitchen

Story By Josh Chase, North Central Montana District ArchaeologistPhotos by Kirsten Boyle, Natural Resource Specialist, Havre Field Office
National Office
Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs

Armchair Adventures

America’s public lands offer some of the most spectacular and interesting places you’ll ever see.
California, Redding FO

U.S. Fish and Wildlife survey trout and salmon in the Clear Creek Greenway

By John Heil, U.S. Fish and WildlifeJune 5, 2020 (view original article here)
National Office
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My Wild Horse Story: A Poem About a Mustang

From the Nevada wilderness to the rolling hills of Iowa, you came to become the beloved mount of a lonesome cowboy. // Always wary of your surroundings, you and the cowboy grew to depend on each other. // Herding cattle, breaking a trail, riding fences.  Oh the stories that were told with pride.
Alaska

There’s tough, then there’s survey tough

For BLM Alaska surveyor’s, there is no typical day when plotting out sections of America’s vast public lands in the last frontier.
James Hart
Alaska, Fairbanks DO

‘Ranger biologist’: Why a woman who’s done it all calls being a BLM park ranger a perfect fit

James Hart
Eastern States
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50 years of pride

Welcome to record of the week for May 31, 2020, our team would like to celebrate 50 years of Pride in New York City with a look back at how the city has served as a place for people of every g
Eastern States
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Chloride, Arizona

Welcome to the GLO Record of the Week for May 24, 2020, Chloride, Arizona! The land survey plat seen here is a record from the General Land Office.
Eastern States
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Fort Morgan, Alabama

Welcome to the Record of the week for May 17, Fort Morgan, Alabama, home to some of the finest white-sand beaches in the world!
National Office
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My Wild Horse Story: Tara Kilpatrick and Ink Print

Tara Kilpatrick began her involvement with wild horses 20 years ago. After moving to Southern Nevada, she and her husband David began exploring the Mojave Desert. She soon came across her first sighting of wild horses in the Red Rock Herd Management Area and began documenting the herd’s animals and social interactions.